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Nugget Find

The application mp.exe by Nugget Find has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.aresultshub.com.
Publisher:
Nugget Find  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5737.20513

MD5:
acc80a2cd820ac52d8ced3bc6295dc8f

SHA-1:
be4cfeec9671a59d180f6b69032a69c77359289a

SHA-256:
883e6741c95929c8258cada9869c854a8f9828fd1e6297440ca57fb89abc1e72

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:46:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.09.25

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
8.3.2.2

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-725
0.98/20933

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.NuggetFind.Installer (M)
15.10.4.16

File size:
60.1 KB (61,520 bytes)

Product version:
2015.09.16

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\mp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nugget Find

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Nugget Find, O=Nugget Find, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
25F51209A0AA21779164695A19C702DF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/4/2014 7:58:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:dcA6fnsOkMIc9uTXg8jyWPeXUAPkkFB65LZ7PBS9CeEuzMuvJFphPVyNLTTgYze5:0fnsOk/cIDnj8F/oBS9CeEyphcN8d5

Entry address:
0x31E4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 6C, 44, 00, E8, 1B, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 6B, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2B, 44, 00, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 57, E8, FB, 23, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.2903

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file mp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.aresultshub.com/.../mp?mpt=64&v=1.0.5737.20513

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